Fountain marking-pen.



No. 826,399. PATENTED JULY 1'7, l906.

J. BALLANCE. v

FOUNTAIN MARKING PEN. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed September 11l 1905. Serial No. 278,0Q6.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BALLANCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain Marking- Pens and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fountain marking-pens; and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a marking-pen of simple construction which will make a series of parallel lines and which will contain a quantity of ink.

Another object is to provide a fountain marking-pen with a reservoir or pocket for containing a quantity of ink, said pocket being provided with vent holes or slits designed to admit air to take the place of the ink as it is used at the point of the pen.

These and other objects are attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a pen made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fountain attachment removed from the pen. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the fountain attachment is made. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the fountain attachment of the pen, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the pen is formed.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a penholder of ordinary construction.

2 is a hollow roughened ferrule attached to the penholder at one end and provided at its other end with a socket or hollow portion adapted to receive the fountain-tube 3 of the pen. The fountain attachment of the pen consists of a flat wall 4, having a rectangular pocket 5 at one side thereof. The fountain attachment is made from the blank shown in Fig. 3 and is provided at the sides with slots or openings 6. The side walls of the pocket 5 are bent down against the wall 4, and said pocket is provided with a series of holes 7 and slits 8 to permit the air to take the place of the ink as it flows from the point of the en The pen-point 9 is made from the 4lhlank shown in Fig. 5 and consists of a piece of sheet metal or other suitable material having a series of slits 10 in its lower end, said slits being disposed in parallel relation, and said point being bent centrally to said slits to form the two members a l) and the tubular upper end c. When the fountain-tube is filled with ink and the point portion of the pen is drawn across a surface, a series of parallel lines are formed. To fill the fountain 3, the pen is removed from the holder l, and with a dropper the fountain is filled through the top of the tube 3, when the holder is replaced and the pen is ready for use.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that my invention is of simple construction, can be manufactured at slight cost, and is reliable and eflicient in use.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

l. A fountain marking-pen comprising a fountain attachment con isting of a poc et having a series of apertures in its side, a series of slits in its lower end, a pen inclosing said attachment and provided with a series of slits at its writing end, 'and an ink-reservoir above the fountain attachment, substantially as described.

2. A fountain-pen comprising a fountaintube, a fountain attachment having an inkpocket therein, said pocket provided with a series of apertures and slits, and a pen having a series of parallel slits in its writing end, said pen being bent upon itself to form two oppositely-disposed members, said pen inclosing the fountain attachment and connected to the fountain-tube, substantially as described.

3. In a fountain-pen, a fountain attachment comprising a sheet-metal pocket formed from a flat blank and provided with a series of apertures and slits, said pocket being bent upon itself, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BALLANCE.

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